Improvement in carts for spreading manure



J. K. HDLLAND.

. Fertilizer.

Patented July 185i).

Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

J. K. HOLLAND, OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, ORTIIOABOLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN 4CARTS FOR SPREADING MANURE.

Specification forming part of `Letters Patent No. 7,1191, (lated July 9,1850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOEL- K. HOLLAND, of the county ot' Beaufort andState of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful machine forscattering manure on land, and the name of it is a Manure-ScatteringCart;77 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isafull, clear, andexact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the drawings, making a part ot' thisspecification.

'Ihe body and wheels are simply a cart with a cog-wheel, A, attached toone hub ot' th'e cart-wheels, and in the bottom of the cart is laid abed ot' round rollers, c c c, and upon these rollers is a box, B, forthe purpose of holding the manure, and the bottom D ot' which box ismade of leather or gutta-percha, which extends to and is attached to acylinder, E, or shaft, to the end of which is a cog-wheel, F. The boxshould be lled with manure while it lies on the bed of rollers, and whenthe cart is drawnl to the place Where the manure is to be Vspread youbear on the lever G, Which is on the hind part of one of the shafts, H,that connects the two cog-Wheels, and upon the moving of the cart by ahorse or ox the bottom ot' the box is wound upon the cylinder, and thebox gradually goes back on a bearer, I, for the box, which is very lightand attached on the hind part ot' the cart, and as the box moves backthe manure gradually spreads the Width ofthe box.

hen the manure is to be spread in a drill the hopper J is attached tothe end of the shafts and the bearer of the box. After the box isemptied of its load it can be easily pushed back again on the forwardpart ot' the cart for iilling again.

The great desideratum of this invention is the saving of labor andhaving the :manure spread ot' an equal thickness.

Having thus fully described my invention, I do not claim any of theparts taken separately; but

lWhat I do cla-iin, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is* 1 Thecombination of the box B, bottom D, rollers C, cylinder E, cog-wheels Fand A, arid lever G, arranged and operated substantially in the mannerherein described.

J. K. HOLLAND. Witnesses:

N. F. CHAMBERS, I. SABARBE.

